Murray Local Land Services

Conditions remain challenging, March rainfall promotes slight improvement for some locations.

• Average rainfall in the east and above average rainfall in the west, aiding a slight improvement in conditions and a transition into the Recovery category at some locations including Deniliquin, Jerilderie and Berrigan.
• Follow-up rainfall is needed across the LLS region to ensure further improvements over the coming weeks.
• Conditions across the region remain challenging. Management of soil moisture and farm water supply remain a consideration for producers.
• Ongoing strategies to manage livestock, pastures and water supplies will continue.
• The drought forecast suggests that the extent of the region in Drought-Affected category will likely expand by the end of June 2025, (with moderate to high model agreement and low to high past accuracy).
• The DPIRD continues to closely monitor conditions in this region.

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Normalised Difference Vegetation Index

Plant greenness levels are near normal to above average for most of the region for the January to March period.

• Anomalies remain below average for parts of the region.

Note that some of the extremely negative NDVI areas (brown patches) are water bodies.

The NDVI anomaly is a useful measure of vegetation density and plant health. It estimates the amount of green vegetation there is in the landscape compared to what is expected at the given time of year, against the baseline period 1987 - 2020.

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Individual Drought Indicators

Drought indicators remain variable across the region.

• Recent rainfall has contributed to the improvement in the RI values at Finley and Moulamein. Follow-up rainfall will be needed to ensure an improvement in conditions at Moulamein.
• The underlying drought indicator values remain low for some regions (including Holbrook).

To access a Drought History chart for your Parish, visit the Seasonal Conditions Information Portal.